Line-holder.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

E. A. POTTER. LINE HOLDER.

' APPLIOATION FILED MAB..28,1906.

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Be itknown that I, EDWARD A. POTTER, a citizen of the United States of AI nerica, residing at Wilkinsbur in the county of Allegheny and State of ennsylvania, have mvented certain new and useful Im rovements in Line-Holder's, of which the ollowis a specification, reference being had .therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes-line holders;- and the invention has for its primary,ob ect the provision of novel means for detachably connecting a clothes-line to a suitable support, as a post, fence, or similar object.

Another object of this invention is-to rovide a simple and inexpensive holder w" ich will be posltive in its action and free from all dan er of being injured by constant use and the orces of nature when exposed. The detailed construction, to ether with the many advantages thereof, wi 1 be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several vlews, in-

which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my 1mroved holder as loosel secured to a post.

'g. 2 is a similar view il ustrating the holder permanently fixed to the post. Fi 3 is a plan of the main part of the holder; ig. 4, a similar view of the pivoted member thereof, and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the holder shown in Fig. 2. a

To put my invention into {practice, I construct my improved holder/o a plate 1, having an enlarged end 2, which is provlded with a plurality of apertures or openings 3,

said apertures or openings be n in alinem'ent with one another. The opposite end of the plate 1 is bent u wardly to form a curved 00k 4, over whic a clothes-line 5 is adapted to engage.

A member 5 is pivotally mounted on the plate 1 by a rivet 6or e uivalent fastening means,.said rivetpassin t ough-an'opening 7 formed in the end oft e member 5 and the innermost o ening 30f the plate 1. The opposite end oi the member 5 1s bent upwardly, as at 8, and roughened or serrated, as at 9, to

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press and wedge the line 5 within the hook 4 when the member 5 is swung into engagementwith the line 5.

In Fi 10f thedrawings I have. illustrated the holder as being connected to a'post 10 bya screw-eye 11, 881d eye passing through one of the openings 3 of the p ate 1. In 2 of the drawings the rear end of the plate 1 is bentdownwardly, as at 12, and secured to .the post 10 by screws 14 or similarfastening means.

By the provision of the extra 0 ening 3 in the plate or member 1 the pivote member 5 may have its securing-rivet 6 passed through either one or the other of the inner openings 3, and thus bring its serrated free end 9 closer to or farther away from the upturned end 4, so'as to the more readily adapt member 5 forengagement with lines of different diameters. e

From the foregoing it will be evident that I have devised an extremely sim 1e and efi'icient clothes-line holder to whic a line can be easily and quickly attached.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is v As a new article of manufacture, a lineholder, comprising a thin flat metallic plate and having a series of alined apertures adjacent one end,'and having its outer end bent upwardly and rearwardly overthe plate to 'form a hook, an attaching member engaging in the outermost aperture of said series of apertures, and a ripping member formed of a thin metallic p ate and pivotally secured to the first-mentioned plate by a fastenin member extending through another of sai series of apertures, the said grip in member lying fiat on the up er face of the first-mew tioned plate and adapted to swing laterally on its pivot thereon, the said gripping member having its forward end bent upwardly at right angles to the body of the ripping member and having said upturned or rovided with teeth, substantially as descrl ed.

Intestim'ony whereof I aflix my signature in the-presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. POTTER. Witnesses:

E. E. Po'r'rER, H. C. EVERT.

v Patented 1w. 6,1906.

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